Cheap Things To Do For Seniors

Cheap things for seniors to do are worth being familiar with because most of us don't have a ton of money to spend all of the time on amazing and exciting activities. Especially for seniors, inexpensive activities for seniors to enjoy can give them a way to fill their day, without spending loads of cash.

I know how expensive things can be now days to go out and do. None of us have the money to spend on a day outing, but there are plenty of things to do that really cost little to no money at all. And for seniors, if they don't have a great retirement plan, social security leaves them with very little discretionary income. Here is a list of things for seniors to do that don't cost too much money.

Inexpensive Activities for Seniors

• Bike rides
• If there is a board walk near you go for a walk on there. You can sit on the beach and catch some sun, have a picnic, play games, go swimming
• Go to the park and have a picnic there
• Go on a nature hike
• Fishing
• Go to the park
• The zoo is always fun.
• Have a gathering at your home or some one else's house
• Go to an after noon movie matinee or a drive in movie.
• Go to flea markets or a town fare, or carnival
• Go to a museum
• Do arts and crafts projects like scrapbooking, making jewelry or just creating different things.
• Do some spring cleaning and have a yard or garage sale
• Find a place that holds bingo
• Sit around your garden and play card games
• Try having a bake sale
• Go bowling or shoot pool
• Play mini golf or regular golf
• Play board games
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• Any kind of stretching exercise or cardio, especially out in public for the social benefits
• Surf the web looking for all things related to senior citizens, this can give you more ideas on things to do and/or learn about that can create senior social networks

Cheap things for Seniors and Everyone to do

Most people don't have a bunch of extra spending money to spend on activities, especially retired seniors. That is why it is good to have an army of ideas for things to do when you have time to kill but no money to kill time with. It is better to spend this idle time in healthy, productive ways so that you don't start to get depressed!